Torsten Valdemar Gustafson (8 May 1904 – 27 May 1987) was a Swedish physicist and professor in theoretical physics at Lund University.
After graduating from his high school in Gothenburg he began studying at Lund University in 1922.
[2] In 1929, he became a Filosofie licentiat with his work on flow problems in airplane wings, and in 1934 he was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy with his doctoral dissertation on Magnus effect.
During his time as a PhD student, he worked as an assistant in the Swedish Hydrographic-Biological Commission in 1930–1934.
In this capacity, Gustafson had an important role in the process which led Sweden to be early to focus on nuclear research in the form of the Atomic Committee, where Gustafson was a member.